Improvement in carriage-tops



J. N. HAZE-LIP. Carriage-Top.

No. 222,043. Patent d Nov. 25, 1379.

NPETERS. PNOYO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. 0 G2 and forward end of thearms.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH N. HAZELIP, or BALTIMORE, ASSIGNOR on ONEHALF or HIS RIGHT roBENJAMIN e. HARRIS, OF sAME rLAoE, AND WILLIAM oANBY, or BALTIMORECOUNTY, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-TOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,0 fi3, datedNovember 25, 1879; application filed October 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH N. HAZELIP, of

the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in OhildsCarriage Tops, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in standards for thesupport of a top or canopy of a childs carriage, and to certainimprovements in means for attaching the top or canopy upon sidestandards, whereby the top may be shifted independently of thestandards, as hereinafter set forth.

The improvements will first be described, and then designated in theclaims.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of a carriage with my improvements. Fig. 2is a side view of my improved standard. Fig. 3 is a transverse view ofsame. Fig. 4 is a View, on a larger scale, of a portion-of my standardas seen from the inner side. Fig. 5 is a transverse view of the sameparts. Fig. 6 is a perspective of the base part of the standard.

The letterA designates the body of a childs carriage, mounted onrunning-gear in any approved manner. The improved standards aredesignated by the letters B O. The part B, which is the base, is securedto the sides or arms of the body midway between the rear The upper endof this base part forms a frame, d, having three sides, one of which, d,is longer than the others, for a purpose hereinafter named. A socket oreye, 6, is provided on one side with a shank or journal, 6, which issecured in a hole or bearing in the part B, located equidistant from thethree sides of the frame (Z. This socket is thus adapted to rotate inthe hearing, or to rock back and forth. The eye in this socket, in thepresent example, is square; but it may be round or hexagonal, or othershape.

The lower end of part 0 of the standard terminates in any shape thatwill lit the eye or socket, so as to adapt it to play therein back andforth and just above such portion there is a part, c, which, inpractice, is about one and a half inch in length. At the upper extremityof said part c is a shoulder, f, and a I spiral spring, g, fits aboutthe part 0 and rests against the said shoulder. From one side of thesaid shoulder a hook, h, projects.

To connect the two parts of the standard, the upper part, 0, is turneddown to an angle something like forty-five degreesbelow a horizontal, soas to enter the hook h in the long side, (1, of the three-sided frame,and at the same time enter the end of the standard in the eye or socketc. This beingaccomplished, the journal 0 of the said socket is partlyrotated, and the part 0 of the standard is turned up to the desiredposition, the hook engaging on the lower edge of the three-sided frame.The lower end of the spring g rests on the socket, and the spring servesto maintain the standard or lift it away from the socket, therebyinsuring the hook it to engage with the three-sided frame d.

The upper part of my improved standard, as herei-nbefore described, maybe turned or inclined either to the front or to the rear. The upperportion of the standard is provided with two arms, 11, which extendlengthwise of the carriage-body and in opposite directions from thestandard, and these arms support a'horizontal rod, n, the forward end,a, of which is turned down to any desired angle-in the present exampleit is turned down about forty-five degrees below the horizontal. Therearward end, 12 of the rod projects a short distance and terminates inan upward-turned knob; but said rear end may be turned down in mannersimilar to the forward end.

To the lower side of the top or canopy, and near each side, edge, ametal guide, (1, is at tached. This guide consists of a plate forattachment to the top, and is provided with two or three pairs ofprojections, r, (seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,) those constituting eachpair being of sufficicient distance apart to set astride the rod n, andthe real-most pair, after being set on the rod, is bent together to forma ring, which encircles and loosely clasps the rod, and thus preventsthe top from slipping off either to :the rear or to the front.

By this arrangement, it will be seen when the top L is drawn forward,while the standards are perpendicular, it will dip or incline so thatthe occupant of the carriage may be protected in front, and in thisposition it will be sustained on the turned-down part a of the rod.

It will be understood this part of my improvement is applicable eitherto standards which are adapted to be inclined both to the rear and tothe front, or to those which incline only to the rear.

While I have shown the socket c, that is adapted to rock, as having onlya single eye, and the lower end of part 0 of the standard as terminatingin one rod to fit and play within the socket, I nevertheless contemplateproviding a double socket, or two eyes having one common shank orjournal, and the lower end of the part 0 of the standard to terminate intwo rods, one of which shall lit and play in each of thetwo eyes orsockets. This arrangement will prevent any tendency of the upper part ofthe standard to twist, and will hold the same firmly.

In the present example, the inner edge of the three-sided frame (I isprovided on each side with a projection, m, 1) ferably aroundin gpromoved and adjusted to any inclination, by merely depressing the topso as to disengage the hooks from the projections. To effect this, thepressure of one hand placed on the top is sufficient.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States- 1.. A standard for supportingcarriage-tops,

provided at its upper end with arms whichsupport'a horizontal rod, oneend of which is turned down at an angle below the horizontal, and a topor canopy having a guide attached near each side edge, which guide'isadapted to loosely clasp the rod, substantially as set forth.

JOSEPH N. HAZELIP.

Witnesses:

CHAS. B. MANN, W. A. NUMsEN.

